ADVENTURE DOG DIARY

June 20

Today, I embarked (get it, emBARKED) on an epic adventure from Illinois to Oregon with one of my humans and her friend, my former foster mom. My human calls it a "road trip," but I call it a "sniff-andscenery" expedition. We rolled away from home and I hunkered down and moped a bit, I am not a fan of riding in the truck but I am calm and quiet until we get to where we are going!

After many hours in the truck, we found a dog park in Iowa and then made it to camp in Nebraska. I alerted my human of the deer that was walking in the creek by our campsite. For hours. Later, some coyote cousins howled as it was getting dark. I was kinda scared, I am not going to lie. We may be related, but I do not want anything to do with that branch of the family. It was a relief to snuggle in the rooftop tent, I was sure no dumb coyotoes could climb the ladder. I fell asleep to the sounds of the creek.

I sniffed the shit out of this rest stop in Wyoming.

The Wildlife Management Areas in Nebraska are cool- free camping and this one had a small lake. It also had pit toilets. I guess the humans did not want to potty in the woods. Weirdoes.

June 21

We were in that truck forever today but made it to Wyoming. Thankfully the humans decided to get a hotel and I did my best to alert my humans when I heard slamming doors or Dwight from the Office doing something dumb on the television.

June 22

My human made a big deal at this stop. Not sure what "OMG, Tetons!!!" means. It was windy but I was tired of being in the truck so it was nice to roam around a bit and sniff more stuff.

Rolling in something interesting (smelly) in Idaho.

We made it to Oregon. The last night was not fun. The humans were crabby, my human was crying and there was something wrong with the truck. I was told to not say anything about what happened. I just want to go home right now.

June 23

We made it to the Pacific Ocean! My human said I could run free up and down the beach! Woooo hoooooo! This is the best trip ever! I sniffed so much and am so happy!

Are we there yet?

I am really starting to like this tent on top of the truck. It means the drive is over for the day and I can relax.

So here we are in a place the humans call Waldport, it is where my foster human moved to. I get to sprawl on a couch and explore the yard. I think we will be here for a few days before I have to get back in the truck again. They said we were headed to a place called "Bear Camp" on our way to "the Rogue River." Sounds kinda scary. I will let you know what happens!

(Next installment of Daisy's trip will be in the September issue.)

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